Tag Archives: Ruby

Enterprise recipes with Ruby and Rails

Enterprise recipes with Ruby and Rails / Maik Schmidt, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2008 You will have noticed that I like the Pragmatic series. From the contents: Implement enterprise-wide security — Process e-commerce payments — Get the most out of databases — … Continue reading

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Ruby Cookbook

Ruby Cookbook / Lucas Carlson, O’Reilly, 2006 This book is useful when you have mastered the basics of Ruby and you want to write some programs. It will help you avoid reinventing the wheel.  Recommended by Matz, 850 pages.

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Agile web development with Rails

Agile web development with Rails : a Pragmatic guide / Dave Thomas, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2006 This book is not ‘recent’ but it is the best Rails book in the library. It is very readable and practical, with many examples. 500 … Continue reading

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Ruby by Example

Ruby by Example : concepts and code / by Kevin C. Baird, No Starch Press, 2007 300 pages.

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Beginning Ruby on Rails

Beginning Ruby on Rails / Steven Holzner, Wiley, 2007 An introductory book. Well written, 350 pages.

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Ruby on Rails : Up and Running

Ruby on Rails : Up and Running / Bruce A. Tate, O’Reilly, 2006 This concise introduction to Rails for experienced developers is excellent though dated. 150 pages.

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